Image

Description

Title

University of Michigan Observatory: original edifice

Date

1858 (ca.)

Collection Title

University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File

Collection Creator

Bentley Historical Library (collector)

Notes

Richard Bull, architect. Known at various times as Detroit Observatory, Campus Observatory, Old Observatory. Earliest known photograph. The man in the photo may be Franz Brunnow and the dog may be Henry Tappan's dog Leo (Source: A Creation of His Own: Tappan's Detroit Observatory by Patricia S. Whitesell)